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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

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SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1925.

friends are likely to adopt. The message we have quoted states plainly that conditions in China.

DAY BY DAY.

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The rate of the dollar on da-

FOAM TYPE FIRE FIGHTING have to be favourable for changes WILL EVER BE FOUND THE FREE AND FAIR DISCUSSION "

APPLIANCES.

before any can be entertained, and FIRMEST FRIEND TO TRUTE,— that preliminary examination of the George Campbell. extrality question will be necessary, The two great English-speaking mand today is 2. 3.15/16d. nations are evidently continuing to approach international problems in close consultation and in full accord, and that augurs well for the peaceful conclusion of the present urgent questions facing the world Powers in the Far East.

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The allusion I made recently | sitatunga antelope-fa orenture to phosphorescent stockings which lives in awamps, and re- which glow in the dark has called mains immersed in water for forth an angry letter from many hours at a time with only Various lots of Crown land in reader demanding to know what is nostrils showing above the the New Territories are to be

uss they are. sold by auction at the District his note I decided that my cor- the sportsman to inspect my own On first reading surface." I must certainly invita Office, Talpo on the 29th instant respondent had fairly got me. collection of rare heads. He The upset prices vary from $6 to Indeed, it would require a far would, I feel sare, be interested $104.

wiser bead than mine (if possible) in my bolobungs-a sort of giraffaTM Yesterday's Disaster..

to assign a use for any feminine | which spends the greater part of- We feel sure that the sympathy that the average mean temperater over I have ascertained at lemonade with only its left ear The Observatory returns show fandangle, But thinking the mat its time immersed in home-made of the whole community will go ture during June was 81.1, the least two useful purposes which showing. And there's my wam- out to the relatives of those who highest being 90.9 on the 6th and phosphorescent stockings may pabingo-a strange creatura, half have so tragically met their death the lowest 72 on the 16th. There servo. Firstly, they would enable byɑena, half ́ostrich, which re- were 197.6 hours of sunshire and you at once to see, even on the mains for hours on end with its in the disastrous collapse of 23.35 inches of rain, whilst the darkest night, whether or not a tail in a bucket of besf-dripping retaining wall at the back of Po average humidity was 82.

lady wore wearing any stockings and its head in a butterfly-net. at all. At present when you en- | Andmy puggawuggs, too—8 0208S" Hing Fong, one of the best-known

The Legislative Council meets counter a lady in the dark you between the zebra and the laugh- The Chinese thoroughfares.

at noon to-day to consider the cannot determine this important ing jackam, which passes its day. death of Mr. Chau Siu-ki removes Ordinance relating to the post-point without asking her, and upside down in old zinc dustbins, one of the most prominent and ponement of the June Settlement that's not being done this season, and feeds exclusively on salmon- highly respected Chinese residents and to the facilitation of the In the second place, supposing aand-shrimp paste.

carrying out of the June, and lady of this Colony and sincere con- July Settlements. dolences will go to his son, Mr. Chau, who was rescued alive after

16-17, Connauzht Road Central, having been entombed under the graves in certain portion of Hau

'Phone Central 1186.

The Telegraph.

A meeting of the newly-formed Mid Levels Residents Association is to be held at the L. R. Con Tuesday at 6 p.m., when officers will be elected, rules passed and the question of servanta' wages and registration discussed,

wearing phosphorescent stockings falls down in a dark street at night, and you run to her assistance. Immediately you would know which way up to stand her.

-Ladits' hats for the forthcom- in London season are said to be

be fuller than ever of those goods full of eccentricities. And they'll when the doars have put their heads in them.

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A recently deceased Chicago millionaire bequeathed a legacy to a restaurant proprietor's daughter I am on the sick list this week, with whom he used to play when my friends, writhing in the she was a baby: If you know a throes of my hardy perennial millionaire, get him to play with malady. Thus for my little week. ly poem I do not think I can do you when you were a baby.

better than give you a short de- scription of my symptoms, at the same time offering my płom fuse apologies to Mr. John Mas of field

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RHYMES WITHOUT REASON, A warm-bearfed lady

Gloucester Decided an orphan to foucester; But I'm sorry to state That the girl over-ate- And that's

I must go out and sneeze again, aneeze to the lonely sky.

And all I ask is a handker-

your

heartfelt

and bow the good chief woman loucester!

sympathy:

It is proposed to remove all Pai Lung Cemetery, also in Sec debris for nearly three hours. Itions A. B. and C. in Mount Caro- The work of rescue reflects much line Cometery and in certain por- credit not only on the Police (un- tions of the Tung Wah Hospital

Cemetery, Kai Lung Wan. der the indefatigable personal lead of Jr., D. Burlingham) but His Excellency the Governor SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1925. also on the members of the St. has given bis assent, in the name John's Ambulance Brigade, num-and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance. BRITAIN AND AMERICA.bers of whom were on the scene passed by the Legislative-An

almost immediately after the dis-Ordinance to amend the Emer-) aster. Mr. E. Ralphs set a worthy Roncy Regulations Ordinance,

1922. It is with feelings of much satis example to his subordinates by faction that we read of the agree-his personal efforts. The mem- ment between Britain and the bers of the Fire Brigade, too, United States of America on the worked like Trojans and there is matter of China, which means that nothing but praise to be bestowed

I do not ask for an idle jest the two Governments are working on all engaged in the work of

from some callous passing rover, I have just been reading about But a double Scotch and a in accord in the present very criti-rescue, handicapped as they were

stoneless. cherry which small Schweppe's" when the cal position in the Far East. The by falling rain and escaping, gas

French market gardener has spasm's over.. A report has been received at the succeeded in producing, and I message published yesterday men-from broken pipes. There is, Harbour Office from the Captainam hopeful that his success will for the call of the running nose. I'must go out and sneeze again, tioned that "the general policy of however, a question of responsi- of the 8.a. Soudan, that his vessel inspire other gardeners to Is a wild call and a clear call both is to push on as rapidly as bility to be settled somewhere. A passed an upturned junk in Lat. experiment with a view to im- that can only end in blows:

22.58 N., Long. 116.53 E., on July proving more of our fruit and possible with the Washington Con-huge retaining wall dominating 16th. The wreck is a danger to vegetables. A non-skid banana (a wonderful reliever),

And all I ask is a quinine pill |ference programme, when the co-a terrace of big three-storied | navigation.

which won't suddenly slip out And a throat spray and ditions in China are favourable for houses suddenly collapses. Surely

of its hide and fall plunk inte nasal douche-I'VE GÓT HAY The Amateur Golf Champion-ona's finger-bowl such.a step. It is also indicated the public has a right to ask some ship of China will be held this needed. So, too, are square green

is urgently FEVER! that the question of extra-terri-questions. The wall, not a new year in Shanghai on Saturday peas which won't fall off your toriality-probably the most vexed one by any means, supported a November 1st. Entries must And another longfelt want is hind in Glasgow tramcar. and Sunday, October 31st and Life when you're eating them. bits, I see, was recently left be- A bag containing:twelve rab- question of all-is to be deferred site on which old premises had reach the secretary of the Shang-rigid asparagus which won't flop whatever else their owner was until other matters have been been demolished and which was hai Golf Club not later than noon and splash when being conveyed doing he was certainly not bunny adjusted. This is the first definite being prepared for a new struc-on October 19th, accompanied by from plate to plate. Really, the reference to the attitude of Americature. It is clear that such a wall towards the extrality problem, and would act as an impounding dam should do away with a great deal to any heavy fall of rain which of uncertainty which has existed came before the new structure hitherto as to the United States was sufficiently advanced to pro- policy, especially in France. There tect it, and it is pertinent to ask have been reports of the American if any adequate drainage provi- Government deciding to give up sion was made.

For the second extra-territoriality forthwith, as bas time in two days, we are forced been done (under varying circum-to remark that heavy falls of rain Įstances) by Germany, Austria and are usual here and ought to be Russia. The standpoint of the provided against, In any event, majority of big Powers interested this latest tragedy should be the in China has been that the country [subject of the strictest enquiry. must first of all prove its ability

to grant absolute justice to all comers, or in other words show that,

Anti-Foreignism.

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only way by which one can Dow consume asparagus in comfort and safety is to lie flat on one's back on the floor-a method I | always employ at home, but one

An escape lunatic, was die- |which restaurant proprietors covered this morning on the roof sternly discountenance. Appar of the Wallasey Corn Erchange. eatly, they would rather see a Ropes were fatched, and he was customer smothered with melted quickly pulled down.

butter from head to foot in his While repairing a gas-main at (Our Own Correspondent,) chair than a nice clean one grace-Stoke Newington workmen un

fully recumbent on the carpokearthad an old Roman teapot and Shanghai, July 17. No wonder Continental people buttardish. Although the Mixed Court, say we take our pleasures sadly! The wife of a Melton Mowbray consisting of the British Assessor

ventriloquist suddenly want mað (Mr. C. E. Whitsmore) and Mag-

in the street to-day, and threw istrate Zau, dismissed the A disappointed female plaintiff herself under a passing perambu charges against Dossar, they at one of the London county later. ruled him "an extremely nu-courts the other day showed her Miss Lotta Limelight, the desirable resident of the Settle-disapproval of the way her famous revue actress, has ar- ment, and he will therefore be case had gone against ber ranged to lose ber jewels on expelled and handed over to the by throwing an orange at his Tuesday next Chinese authorities with a re-Worship. She evidently mistook A shortsighted dog-fancier of

its judicial system is above reproach It would appear from news toquest that he be deported.'

The Court decided that the and its whole administration one hand that the anti-foreign. (and certificate found on Dosser was move genuine, but that his activities of integrity.

Obviously, such a particularly anti-British) state of affairs can only come about ment is nowhere being more keen-did not warrant' conviction. after certain other preliminary ly displayed by the Chinese than

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{him for ́s Jučge of A-peal. [

Newcastle was to-day admitted A famous big-game hunter just to the Infirmary suffering from back from Central Africa has ptomaine poisoning as a result of secured, amongst other trophies, eating his bathmat in mistake a bead of the exceedingly rare for a slice of wedding-cake.

-COMMISSION OF

NEGOTIATION.

APPOINTMENT OF BARON- YOSHIZAWA DENIED.

Peking. July 17. The Japanese

on the Commission of Negotiation.

COMMONWEALTH LOAN.

FLOATED IN LONDON AND..

NEW YORK.

Commonwealth loan, part of the London, July 17-A five million.

twenty million sterling acne, will be floated in Londor at 99%, bear ing interest at five per cent. The balance will be issued, in seventy- five million dollar bonds in New York redeemable-in 1945 and 1975.

Reuter

matters have been adjusted. The in Swatow, The extract from courage, such anti-foreign dis- China would process is bound to be a gradual the letter of a correspondent plays. Certainly one, and it may be several years which appears elsewhere to-day appear to have, chosen an before any of the Powers can feel is significant of the spirit of the happy moment in which to itself justified in recommending the Chinese in that port; their insolent concessions from the Powers. transfer of full judicial authority behaviour towards foreigners in After all, China is supposed to over foreigners to Chinese courts.general is altogether reprehenai-be on terms of friendship with this morning denied that Baron Among the recent demands made by ble. Seemingly the authorities the foreign nations; but at the Yoshizawa had been approached the radicals of China is that for either cannot or will not do any moment she has a rather peculiar with a view of replacing M. Martel immediate abolition of extra-terri-thing to stop the campaign-a cirway of demonstrating that relation--Reuter. toriality. There was a tendency in cumstance which may be partly ship. As we have before said, be- some quarters to expect America to due to the fact that the two mill-fore the Chinese can hope to win the make this concession apart from tary leaders on the spot are at good ear of the Powers, she must An effort is see that a stop is put to the anti- anyone else. We could hardly con- cross purposes. ceive of the United States Govern-even being made to prevent food foreignism which has become so ment taking such a revolutionary supplies reaching foreigners. It marked in recent times. That is. The proceedings in the coal in-

THE MACKINNON CUP step in the face of the obvious is when we hear of situations like the first necessity. When that dustry Court of Inquiry, appointed has been attained, then by the Government, have opened but shortcomings of the Chinese ad- the one under notice that we al-and

adjourned until Monday to enable Fialsy, July 17-Mr Bishop The last few days most despair of anything short China's foreign friends may feel the Miners Federation to reconsider Singapore won third place in have clarified the atmosphere con of the display of force making disposed to give a respectful and its decision not to participate. Loder, Cup challenge abou siderably, and it is now possible to any impression on Chinese who considerate hearing to any claims The Mining Association represen- 99 against the winner'a soo

tatives were present-Reuter. gather what policy our transatlantic indulge in, and ofhers who en- which she may put forward.

ministration.

- COAL CRISIS.

.COURT OF ENQUIRY SITS.

London, July 17.

BISLEY SHOOTING.”